Chennai: IPL Commissioner Rajeev Shukla met Union Home Secretary Rajeev Gauba on Tuesday over possible security threat to T20 matches being conducted in Tamil Nadu. Opposition to the matches in the state has intensified in recent days with several political parties questioning why matches should be conducted when there are widespread protests demanding the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB).

Shukla met Gauba on the sidelines of threat to matches in Chepauk and said he was assured tight security would be provided for cricketing action to take place unhindered. "Tamil Nadu government and Chennai police has assured that security will be provided," he told news agency ANI. "I met Home Secretary, who spoke to the DGP and gave instructions that full security should be provided to the spectators, players and that no untoward incidents should not happen."

Certain groups and political parties have threatened to disrupt Tuesday's match between Chennai and Kolkata teams. Pro-Tamil outfit Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) on Monday had warned of picketing Chepauk stadium if matches were allowed to take place. They say that matches should not take place at a time when the state was witnessing widespread agitations on the vexed issue.